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scipy/stats/tests/test_continuous_basic.py

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+import sys
+import numpy as np
+import numpy.testing as npt
+import pytest
+from pytest import raises as assert_raises
+from scipy.integrate import IntegrationWarning
+import itertools
+
+from scipy import stats
+from .common_tests import (check_normalization, check_moment,
+                           check_mean_expect,
+                           check_var_expect, check_skew_expect,
+                           check_kurt_expect, check_entropy,
+                           check_private_entropy, check_entropy_vect_scale,
+                           check_edge_support, check_named_args,
+                           check_random_state_property,
+                           check_meth_dtype, check_ppf_dtype,
+                           check_cmplx_deriv,
+                           check_pickling, check_rvs_broadcast,
+                           check_freezing, check_munp_expect,)
+from scipy.stats._distr_params import distcont
+from scipy.stats._distn_infrastructure import rv_continuous_frozen
+
+"""
+Test all continuous distributions.
+
+Parameters were chosen for those distributions that pass the
+Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.  This provides safe parameters for each
+distributions so that we can perform further testing of class methods.
+
+These tests currently check only/mostly for serious errors and exceptions,
+not for numerically exact results.
+"""
+
+# Note that you need to add new distributions you want tested
+# to _distr_params
+
+DECIMAL = 5  # specify the precision of the tests  # increased from 0 to 5
+_IS_32BIT = (sys.maxsize < 2**32)
+
+# Sets of tests to skip.
+# Entries sorted by speed (very slow to slow).
+# xslow took > 1s; slow took > 0.5s
+
+xslow_test_cont_basic = {'studentized_range', 'kstwo', 'ksone', 'vonmises', 'kappa4',
+                         'recipinvgauss', 'vonmises_line', 'gausshyper',
+                         'rel_breitwigner', 'norminvgauss'}
+slow_test_cont_basic = {'crystalball', 'powerlognorm', 'pearson3'}
+
+# test_moments is already marked slow
+xslow_test_moments = {'studentized_range', 'ksone', 'vonmises', 'vonmises_line',
+                      'recipinvgauss', 'kstwo', 'kappa4'}
+
+slow_fit_mle = {'exponweib', 'genexpon', 'genhyperbolic', 'johnsonsb',
+                'kappa4', 'powerlognorm', 'tukeylambda'}
+xslow_fit_mle = {'gausshyper', 'ncf', 'ncx2', 'recipinvgauss', 'vonmises_line'}
+xfail_fit_mle = {'ksone', 'kstwo', 'trapezoid', 'truncpareto', 'irwinhall'}
+skip_fit_mle = {'levy_stable', 'studentized_range'}  # far too slow (>10min)
+slow_fit_mm = {'chi2', 'expon', 'lognorm', 'loguniform', 'powerlaw', 'reciprocal'}
+xslow_fit_mm = {'argus', 'beta', 'exponpow', 'gausshyper', 'gengamma',
+                'genhalflogistic', 'geninvgauss', 'gompertz', 'halfgennorm',
+                'johnsonsb', 'kstwobign', 'ncx2', 'norminvgauss', 'truncnorm',
+                'truncweibull_min', 'wrapcauchy'}
+xfail_fit_mm = {'alpha', 'betaprime', 'bradford', 'burr', 'burr12', 'cauchy',
+                'crystalball', 'dpareto_lognorm', 'exponweib', 'f', 'fisk',
+                'foldcauchy', 'genextreme', 'genpareto', 'halfcauchy', 'invgamma',
+                'irwinhall', 'jf_skew_t', 'johnsonsu', 'kappa3', 'kappa4', 'landau',
+                'levy', 'levy_l', 'loglaplace', 'lomax', 'mielke', 'ncf', 'nct',
+                'pareto', 'powerlognorm', 'powernorm', 'rel_breitwigner',
+                'skewcauchy', 't', 'trapezoid', 'truncexpon', 'truncpareto',
+                'tukeylambda', 'vonmises', 'vonmises_line'}
+skip_fit_mm = {'genexpon', 'genhyperbolic', 'ksone', 'kstwo', 'levy_stable',
+               'recipinvgauss', 'studentized_range'}  # far too slow (>10min)
+
+# These distributions fail the complex derivative test below.
+# Here 'fail' mean produce wrong results and/or raise exceptions, depending
+# on the implementation details of corresponding special functions.
+# cf https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/4979 for a discussion.
+fails_cmplx = {'argus', 'beta', 'betaprime', 'cauchy', 'chi', 'chi2', 'cosine',
+               'dgamma', 'dpareto_lognorm', 'dweibull', 'erlang', 'f', 'foldcauchy',
+               'gamma', 'gausshyper', 'gengamma', 'genhyperbolic',
+               'geninvgauss', 'gennorm', 'genpareto',
+               'halfcauchy', 'halfgennorm', 'invgamma', 'irwinhall', 'jf_skew_t',
+               'ksone', 'kstwo', 'kstwobign', 'landau', 'levy_l', 'loggamma',
+               'logistic', 'loguniform', 'maxwell', 'nakagami',
+               'ncf', 'nct', 'ncx2', 'norminvgauss', 'pearson3',
+               'powerlaw', 'rdist', 'reciprocal', 'rice',
+               'skewnorm', 't', 'truncweibull_min',
+               'tukeylambda', 'vonmises', 'vonmises_line',
+               'rv_histogram_instance', 'truncnorm', 'studentized_range',
+               'johnsonsb', 'halflogistic', 'rel_breitwigner'}
+
+# Slow test_method_with_lists
+slow_with_lists = {'studentized_range'}
+
+
+# rv_histogram instances, with uniform and non-uniform bins;
+# stored as (dist, arg) tuples for cases_test_cont_basic
+# and cases_test_moments.
+histogram_test_instances = []
+case1 = {'a': [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6,
+               6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9], 'bins': 8}  # equal width bins
+case2 = {'a': [1, 1], 'bins': [0, 1, 10]}  # unequal width bins
+for case, density in itertools.product([case1, case2], [True, False]):
+    _hist = np.histogram(**case, density=density)
+    _rv_hist = stats.rv_histogram(_hist, density=density)
+    histogram_test_instances.append((_rv_hist, tuple()))
+
+
+def cases_test_cont_basic():
+    for distname, arg in distcont[:] + histogram_test_instances:
+        if distname == 'levy_stable':  # fails; tested separately
+            continue
+        if distname in slow_test_cont_basic:
+            yield pytest.param(distname, arg, marks=pytest.mark.slow)
+        elif distname in xslow_test_cont_basic:
+            yield pytest.param(distname, arg, marks=pytest.mark.xslow)
+        else:
+            yield distname, arg
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('distname,arg', cases_test_cont_basic())
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('sn', [500])
+def test_cont_basic(distname, arg, sn, num_parallel_threads):
+    try:
+        distfn = getattr(stats, distname)
+    except TypeError:
+        distfn = distname
+        distname = 'rv_histogram_instance'
+
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(7654565)
+    rvs = distfn.rvs(size=sn, *arg, random_state=rng)
+    m, v = distfn.stats(*arg)
+
+    if distname not in {'laplace_asymmetric'}:
+        # TODO: multiple checks in this function are not robust, tweaking the
+        # seed above will make different distributions fail.
+        check_sample_meanvar_(m, v, rvs, rng)
+    check_cdf_ppf(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_sf_isf(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_cdf_sf(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_ppf_isf(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_pdf(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_pdf_logpdf(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_pdf_logpdf_at_endpoints(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_cdf_logcdf(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_sf_logsf(distfn, arg, distname)
+    check_ppf_broadcast(distfn, arg, distname)
+
+    alpha = 0.01
+    if distname == 'rv_histogram_instance':
+        check_distribution_rvs(distfn.cdf, arg, alpha, rvs)
+    elif distname != 'geninvgauss':
+        # skip kstest for geninvgauss since cdf is too slow; see test for
+        # rv generation in TestGenInvGauss in test_distributions.py
+        check_distribution_rvs(distname, arg, alpha, rvs)
+
+    locscale_defaults = (0, 1)
+    meths = [distfn.pdf, distfn.logpdf, distfn.cdf, distfn.logcdf,
+             distfn.logsf]
+    # make sure arguments are within support
+    spec_x = {'weibull_max': -0.5, 'levy_l': -0.5,
+              'pareto': 1.5, 'truncpareto': 3.2, 'tukeylambda': 0.3,
+              'rv_histogram_instance': 5.0}
+    x = spec_x.get(distname, 0.5)
+    if distname == 'invweibull':
+        arg = (1,)
+    elif distname == 'ksone':
+        arg = (3,)
+
+    check_named_args(distfn, x, arg, locscale_defaults, meths)
+    if num_parallel_threads == 1:
+        check_random_state_property(distfn, arg)
+
+        if distname in ['rel_breitwigner'] and _IS_32BIT:
+            # gh18414
+            pytest.skip("fails on Linux 32-bit")
+        else:
+            check_pickling(distfn, arg)
+    check_freezing(distfn, arg)
+
+    # Entropy
+    if distname not in ['kstwobign', 'kstwo', 'ncf']:
+        check_entropy(distfn, arg, distname)
+
+    if distfn.numargs == 0:
+        check_vecentropy(distfn, arg)
+
+    if (distfn.__class__._entropy != stats.rv_continuous._entropy
+            and distname != 'vonmises'):
+        check_private_entropy(distfn, arg, stats.rv_continuous)
+
+    with npt.suppress_warnings() as sup:
+        sup.filter(IntegrationWarning, "The occurrence of roundoff error")
+        sup.filter(IntegrationWarning, "Extremely bad integrand")
+        sup.filter(RuntimeWarning, "invalid value")
+        check_entropy_vect_scale(distfn, arg)
+
+    check_retrieving_support(distfn, arg)
+    check_edge_support(distfn, arg)
+
+    check_meth_dtype(distfn, arg, meths)
+    check_ppf_dtype(distfn, arg)
+
+    if distname not in fails_cmplx:
+        check_cmplx_deriv(distfn, arg)
+
+    if distname != 'truncnorm':
+        check_ppf_private(distfn, arg, distname)
+
+
+def cases_test_cont_basic_fit():
+    slow = pytest.mark.slow
+    xslow = pytest.mark.xslow
+    fail = pytest.mark.skip(reason="Test fails and may be slow.")
+    skip = pytest.mark.skip(reason="Test too slow to run to completion (>10m).")
+
+    for distname, arg in distcont[:] + histogram_test_instances:
+        for method in ["MLE", "MM"]:
+            for fix_args in [True, False]:
+                if method == 'MLE' and distname in slow_fit_mle:
+                    yield pytest.param(distname, arg, method, fix_args, marks=slow)
+                    continue
+                if method == 'MLE' and distname in xslow_fit_mle:
+                    yield pytest.param(distname, arg, method, fix_args, marks=xslow)
+                    continue
+                if method == 'MLE' and distname in xfail_fit_mle:
+                    yield pytest.param(distname, arg, method, fix_args, marks=fail)
+                    continue
+                if method == 'MLE' and distname in skip_fit_mle:
+                    yield pytest.param(distname, arg, method, fix_args, marks=skip)
+                    continue
+                if method == 'MM' and distname in slow_fit_mm:
+                    yield pytest.param(distname, arg, method, fix_args, marks=slow)
+                    continue
+                if method == 'MM' and distname in xslow_fit_mm:
+                    yield pytest.param(distname, arg, method, fix_args, marks=xslow)
+                    continue
+                if method == 'MM' and distname in xfail_fit_mm:
+                    yield pytest.param(distname, arg, method, fix_args, marks=fail)
+                    continue
+                if method == 'MM' and distname in skip_fit_mm:
+                    yield pytest.param(distname, arg, method, fix_args, marks=skip)
+                    continue
+
+                yield distname, arg, method, fix_args
+
+
+def test_cont_basic_fit_cases():
+    # Distribution names should not be in multiple MLE or MM sets
+    assert (len(xslow_fit_mle.union(xfail_fit_mle).union(skip_fit_mle)) ==
+            len(xslow_fit_mle) + len(xfail_fit_mle) + len(skip_fit_mle))
+    assert (len(xslow_fit_mm.union(xfail_fit_mm).union(skip_fit_mm)) ==
+            len(xslow_fit_mm) + len(xfail_fit_mm) + len(skip_fit_mm))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('distname, arg, method, fix_args',
+                         cases_test_cont_basic_fit())
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('n_fit_samples', [200])
+def test_cont_basic_fit(distname, arg, n_fit_samples, method, fix_args):
+    try:
+        distfn = getattr(stats, distname)
+    except TypeError:
+        distfn = distname
+
+    rng = np.random.RandomState(765456)
+    rvs = distfn.rvs(size=n_fit_samples, *arg, random_state=rng)
+    if fix_args:
+        check_fit_args_fix(distfn, arg, rvs, method)
+    else:
+        check_fit_args(distfn, arg, rvs, method)
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('distname,arg', cases_test_cont_basic())
+def test_rvs_scalar(distname, arg):
+    # rvs should return a scalar when given scalar arguments (gh-12428)
+    try:
+        distfn = getattr(stats, distname)
+    except TypeError:
+        distfn = distname
+        distname = 'rv_histogram_instance'
+
+    assert np.isscalar(distfn.rvs(*arg))
+    assert np.isscalar(distfn.rvs(*arg, size=()))
+    assert np.isscalar(distfn.rvs(*arg, size=None))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parallel_threads(1)
+def test_levy_stable_random_state_property():
+    # levy_stable only implements rvs(), so it is skipped in the
+    # main loop in test_cont_basic(). Here we apply just the test
+    # check_random_state_property to levy_stable.
+    check_random_state_property(stats.levy_stable, (0.5, 0.1))
+
+
+def cases_test_moments():
+    fail_normalization = set()
+    fail_higher = {'ncf'}
+    fail_moment = {'johnsonsu'}  # generic `munp` is inaccurate for johnsonsu
+
+    for distname, arg in distcont[:] + histogram_test_instances:
+        if distname == 'levy_stable':
+            continue
+
+        if distname in xslow_test_moments:
+            yield pytest.param(distname, arg, True, True, True, True,
+                               marks=pytest.mark.xslow(reason="too slow"))
+            continue
+
+        cond1 = distname not in fail_normalization
+        cond2 = distname not in fail_higher
+        cond3 = distname not in fail_moment
+
+        marks = list()
+        # Currently unused, `marks` can be used to add a timeout to a test of
+        # a specific distribution.  For example, this shows how a timeout could
+        # be added for the 'skewnorm' distribution:
+        #
+        #     marks = list()
+        #     if distname == 'skewnorm':
+        #         marks.append(pytest.mark.timeout(300))
+
+        yield pytest.param(distname, arg, cond1, cond2, cond3,
+                           False, marks=marks)
+
+        if not cond1 or not cond2 or not cond3:
+            # Run the distributions that have issues twice, once skipping the
+            # not_ok parts, once with the not_ok parts but marked as knownfail
+            yield pytest.param(distname, arg, True, True, True, True,
+                               marks=[pytest.mark.xfail] + marks)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('distname,arg,normalization_ok,higher_ok,moment_ok,'
+                         'is_xfailing',
+                         cases_test_moments())
+def test_moments(distname, arg, normalization_ok, higher_ok, moment_ok,
+                 is_xfailing):
+    try:
+        distfn = getattr(stats, distname)
+    except TypeError:
+        distfn = distname
+        distname = 'rv_histogram_instance'
+
+    with npt.suppress_warnings() as sup:
+        sup.filter(IntegrationWarning,
+                   "The integral is probably divergent, or slowly convergent.")
+        sup.filter(IntegrationWarning,
+                   "The maximum number of subdivisions.")
+        sup.filter(IntegrationWarning,
+                   "The algorithm does not converge.")
+
+        if is_xfailing:
+            sup.filter(IntegrationWarning)
+
+        m, v, s, k = distfn.stats(*arg, moments='mvsk')
+
+        with np.errstate(all="ignore"):
+            if normalization_ok:
+                check_normalization(distfn, arg, distname)
+
+            if higher_ok:
+                check_mean_expect(distfn, arg, m, distname)
+                check_skew_expect(distfn, arg, m, v, s, distname)
+                check_var_expect(distfn, arg, m, v, distname)
+                check_kurt_expect(distfn, arg, m, v, k, distname)
+                check_munp_expect(distfn, arg, distname)
+
+        check_loc_scale(distfn, arg, m, v, distname)
+
+        if moment_ok:
+            check_moment(distfn, arg, m, v, distname)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('dist,shape_args', distcont)
+def test_rvs_broadcast(dist, shape_args):
+    if dist in ['gausshyper', 'studentized_range']:
+        pytest.skip("too slow")
+
+    if dist in ['rel_breitwigner'] and _IS_32BIT:
+        # gh18414
+        pytest.skip("fails on Linux 32-bit")
+
+    # If shape_only is True, it means the _rvs method of the
+    # distribution uses more than one random number to generate a random
+    # variate.  That means the result of using rvs with broadcasting or
+    # with a nontrivial size will not necessarily be the same as using the
+    # numpy.vectorize'd version of rvs(), so we can only compare the shapes
+    # of the results, not the values.
+    # Whether or not a distribution is in the following list is an
+    # implementation detail of the distribution, not a requirement.  If
+    # the implementation the rvs() method of a distribution changes, this
+    # test might also have to be changed.
+    shape_only = dist in ['argus', 'betaprime', 'dgamma', 'dpareto_lognorm', 'dweibull',
+                          'exponnorm', 'genhyperbolic', 'geninvgauss', 'landau',
+                          'levy_stable', 'nct', 'norminvgauss', 'rice',
+                          'skewnorm', 'semicircular', 'gennorm', 'loggamma']
+
+    distfunc = getattr(stats, dist)
+    loc = np.zeros(2)
+    scale = np.ones((3, 1))
+    nargs = distfunc.numargs
+    allargs = []
+    bshape = [3, 2]
+    # Generate shape parameter arguments...
+    for k in range(nargs):
+        shp = (k + 4,) + (1,)*(k + 2)
+        allargs.append(shape_args[k]*np.ones(shp))
+        bshape.insert(0, k + 4)
+    allargs.extend([loc, scale])
+    # bshape holds the expected shape when loc, scale, and the shape
+    # parameters are all broadcast together.
+
+    check_rvs_broadcast(distfunc, dist, allargs, bshape, shape_only, 'd')
+
+
+# Expected values of the SF, CDF, PDF were computed using
+# mpmath with mpmath.mp.dps = 50 and output at 20:
+#
+# def ks(x, n):
+#     x = mpmath.mpf(x)
+#     logp = -mpmath.power(6.0*n*x+1.0, 2)/18.0/n
+#     sf, cdf = mpmath.exp(logp), -mpmath.expm1(logp)
+#     pdf = (6.0*n*x+1.0) * 2 * sf/3
+#     print(mpmath.nstr(sf, 20), mpmath.nstr(cdf, 20), mpmath.nstr(pdf, 20))
+#
+# Tests use 1/n < x < 1-1/n and n > 1e6 to use the asymptotic computation.
+# Larger x has a smaller sf.
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('x,n,sf,cdf,pdf,rtol',
+                         [(2.0e-5, 1000000000,
+                           0.44932297307934442379, 0.55067702692065557621,
+                           35946.137394996276407, 5e-15),
+                          (2.0e-9, 1000000000,
+                           0.99999999061111115519, 9.3888888448132728224e-9,
+                           8.6666665852962971765, 5e-14),
+                          (5.0e-4, 1000000000,
+                           7.1222019433090374624e-218, 1.0,
+                           1.4244408634752704094e-211, 5e-14)])
+def test_gh17775_regression(x, n, sf, cdf, pdf, rtol):
+    # Regression test for gh-17775. In scipy 1.9.3 and earlier,
+    # these test would fail.
+    #
+    # KS one asymptotic sf ~ e^(-(6nx+1)^2 / 18n)
+    # Given a large 32-bit integer n, 6n will overflow in the c implementation.
+    # Example of broken behaviour:
+    # ksone.sf(2.0e-5, 1000000000) == 0.9374359693473666
+    ks = stats.ksone
+    vals = np.array([ks.sf(x, n), ks.cdf(x, n), ks.pdf(x, n)])
+    expected = np.array([sf, cdf, pdf])
+    npt.assert_allclose(vals, expected, rtol=rtol)
+    # The sf+cdf must sum to 1.0.
+    npt.assert_equal(vals[0] + vals[1], 1.0)
+    # Check inverting the (potentially very small) sf (uses a lower tolerance)
+    npt.assert_allclose([ks.isf(sf, n)], [x], rtol=1e-8)
+
+
+def test_rvs_gh2069_regression():
+    # Regression tests for gh-2069.  In scipy 0.17 and earlier,
+    # these tests would fail.
+    #
+    # A typical example of the broken behavior:
+    # >>> norm.rvs(loc=np.zeros(5), scale=np.ones(5))
+    # array([-2.49613705, -2.49613705, -2.49613705, -2.49613705, -2.49613705])
+    rng = np.random.RandomState(123)
+    vals = stats.norm.rvs(loc=np.zeros(5), scale=1, random_state=rng)
+    d = np.diff(vals)
+    npt.assert_(np.all(d != 0), "All the values are equal, but they shouldn't be!")
+    vals = stats.norm.rvs(loc=0, scale=np.ones(5), random_state=rng)
+    d = np.diff(vals)
+    npt.assert_(np.all(d != 0), "All the values are equal, but they shouldn't be!")
+    vals = stats.norm.rvs(loc=np.zeros(5), scale=np.ones(5), random_state=rng)
+    d = np.diff(vals)
+    npt.assert_(np.all(d != 0), "All the values are equal, but they shouldn't be!")
+    vals = stats.norm.rvs(loc=np.array([[0], [0]]), scale=np.ones(5),
+                          random_state=rng)
+    d = np.diff(vals.ravel())
+    npt.assert_(np.all(d != 0), "All the values are equal, but they shouldn't be!")
+
+    assert_raises(ValueError, stats.norm.rvs, [[0, 0], [0, 0]],
+                  [[1, 1], [1, 1]], 1)
+    assert_raises(ValueError, stats.gamma.rvs, [2, 3, 4, 5], 0, 1, (2, 2))
+    assert_raises(ValueError, stats.gamma.rvs, [1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 0, 0],
+                  [[1], [2]], (4,))
+
+
+def test_nomodify_gh9900_regression():
+    # Regression test for gh-9990
+    # Prior to gh-9990, calls to stats.truncnorm._cdf() use what ever was
+    # set inside the stats.truncnorm instance during stats.truncnorm.cdf().
+    # This could cause issues with multi-threaded code.
+    # Since then, the calls to cdf() are not permitted to modify the global
+    # stats.truncnorm instance.
+    tn = stats.truncnorm
+    # Use the right-half truncated normal
+    # Check that the cdf and _cdf return the same result.
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn.cdf(1, 0, np.inf),
+                            0.6826894921370859)
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn._cdf([1], [0], [np.inf]),
+                            0.6826894921370859)
+
+    # Now use the left-half truncated normal
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn.cdf(-1, -np.inf, 0),
+                            0.31731050786291415)
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn._cdf([-1], [-np.inf], [0]),
+                            0.31731050786291415)
+
+    # Check that the right-half truncated normal _cdf hasn't changed
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn._cdf([1], [0], [np.inf]),
+                            0.6826894921370859)  # Not 1.6826894921370859
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn.cdf(1, 0, np.inf),
+                            0.6826894921370859)
+
+    # Check that the left-half truncated normal _cdf hasn't changed
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn._cdf([-1], [-np.inf], [0]),
+                            0.31731050786291415)  # Not -0.6826894921370859
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn.cdf(1, -np.inf, 0),
+                            1)  # Not 1.6826894921370859
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(tn.cdf(-1, -np.inf, 0),
+                            0.31731050786291415)  # Not -0.6826894921370859
+
+
+def test_broadcast_gh9990_regression():
+    # Regression test for gh-9990
+    # The x-value 7 only lies within the support of 4 of the supplied
+    # distributions.  Prior to 9990, one array passed to
+    # stats.reciprocal._cdf would have 4 elements, but an array
+    # previously stored by stats.reciprocal_argcheck() would have 6, leading
+    # to a broadcast error.
+    a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
+    b = np.array([8, 16, 1, 32, 1, 48])
+    ans = [stats.reciprocal.cdf(7, _a, _b) for _a, _b in zip(a,b)]
+    npt.assert_array_almost_equal(stats.reciprocal.cdf(7, a, b), ans)
+
+    ans = [stats.reciprocal.cdf(1, _a, _b) for _a, _b in zip(a,b)]
+    npt.assert_array_almost_equal(stats.reciprocal.cdf(1, a, b), ans)
+
+    ans = [stats.reciprocal.cdf(_a, _a, _b) for _a, _b in zip(a,b)]
+    npt.assert_array_almost_equal(stats.reciprocal.cdf(a, a, b), ans)
+
+    ans = [stats.reciprocal.cdf(_b, _a, _b) for _a, _b in zip(a,b)]
+    npt.assert_array_almost_equal(stats.reciprocal.cdf(b, a, b), ans)
+
+
+def test_broadcast_gh7933_regression():
+    # Check broadcast works
+    stats.truncnorm.logpdf(
+        np.array([3.0, 2.0, 1.0]),
+        a=(1.5 - np.array([6.0, 5.0, 4.0])) / 3.0,
+        b=np.inf,
+        loc=np.array([6.0, 5.0, 4.0]),
+        scale=3.0
+    )
+
+
+def test_gh2002_regression():
+    # Add a check that broadcast works in situations where only some
+    # x-values are compatible with some of the shape arguments.
+    x = np.r_[-2:2:101j]
+    a = np.r_[-np.ones(50), np.ones(51)]
+    expected = [stats.truncnorm.pdf(_x, _a, np.inf) for _x, _a in zip(x, a)]
+    ans = stats.truncnorm.pdf(x, a, np.inf)
+    npt.assert_array_almost_equal(ans, expected)
+
+
+def test_gh1320_regression():
+    # Check that the first example from gh-1320 now works.
+    c = 2.62
+    stats.genextreme.ppf(0.5, np.array([[c], [c + 0.5]]))
+    # The other examples in gh-1320 appear to have stopped working
+    # some time ago.
+    # ans = stats.genextreme.moment(2, np.array([c, c + 0.5]))
+    # expected = np.array([25.50105963, 115.11191437])
+    # stats.genextreme.moment(5, np.array([[c], [c + 0.5]]))
+    # stats.genextreme.moment(5, np.array([c, c + 0.5]))
+
+
+def test_method_of_moments():
+    # example from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_moments_(statistics)
+    np.random.seed(1234)
+    x = [0, 0, 0, 0, 1]
+    a = 1/5 - 2*np.sqrt(3)/5
+    b = 1/5 + 2*np.sqrt(3)/5
+    # force use of method of moments (uniform.fit is overridden)
+    loc, scale = super(type(stats.uniform), stats.uniform).fit(x, method="MM")
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(loc, a, decimal=4)
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(loc+scale, b, decimal=4)
+
+
+def check_sample_meanvar_(popmean, popvar, sample, rng):
+    if np.isfinite(popmean):
+        check_sample_mean(sample, popmean)
+    if np.isfinite(popvar):
+        check_sample_var(sample, popvar, rng)
+
+
+def check_sample_mean(sample, popmean):
+    # Checks for unlikely difference between sample mean and population mean
+    prob = stats.ttest_1samp(sample, popmean).pvalue
+    assert prob > 0.01
+
+
+def check_sample_var(sample, popvar, rng):
+    # check that population mean lies within the CI bootstrapped from the
+    # sample. This used to be a chi-squared test for variance, but there were
+    # too many false positives
+    res = stats.bootstrap(
+        (sample,),
+        lambda x, axis: x.var(ddof=1, axis=axis),
+        confidence_level=0.995,
+        rng=rng,
+    )
+    conf = res.confidence_interval
+    low, high = conf.low, conf.high
+    assert low <= popvar <= high
+
+
+def check_cdf_ppf(distfn, arg, msg):
+    values = [0.001, 0.5, 0.999]
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(distfn.cdf(distfn.ppf(values, *arg), *arg),
+                            values, decimal=DECIMAL, err_msg=msg +
+                            ' - cdf-ppf roundtrip')
+
+
+def check_sf_isf(distfn, arg, msg):
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(distfn.sf(distfn.isf([0.1, 0.5, 0.9], *arg), *arg),
+                            [0.1, 0.5, 0.9], decimal=DECIMAL, err_msg=msg +
+                            ' - sf-isf roundtrip')
+
+
+def check_cdf_sf(distfn, arg, msg):
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(distfn.cdf([0.1, 0.9], *arg),
+                            1.0 - distfn.sf([0.1, 0.9], *arg),
+                            decimal=DECIMAL, err_msg=msg +
+                            ' - cdf-sf relationship')
+
+
+def check_ppf_isf(distfn, arg, msg):
+    p = np.array([0.1, 0.9])
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(distfn.isf(p, *arg), distfn.ppf(1-p, *arg),
+                            decimal=DECIMAL, err_msg=msg +
+                            ' - ppf-isf relationship')
+
+
+def check_pdf(distfn, arg, msg):
+    # compares pdf at median with numerical derivative of cdf
+    median = distfn.ppf(0.5, *arg)
+    eps = 1e-6
+    pdfv = distfn.pdf(median, *arg)
+    if (pdfv < 1e-4) or (pdfv > 1e4):
+        # avoid checking a case where pdf is close to zero or
+        # huge (singularity)
+        median = median + 0.1
+        pdfv = distfn.pdf(median, *arg)
+    cdfdiff = (distfn.cdf(median + eps, *arg) -
+               distfn.cdf(median - eps, *arg))/eps/2.0
+    # replace with better diff and better test (more points),
+    # actually, this works pretty well
+    msg += ' - cdf-pdf relationship'
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(pdfv, cdfdiff, decimal=DECIMAL, err_msg=msg)
+
+
+def check_pdf_logpdf(distfn, args, msg):
+    # compares pdf at several points with the log of the pdf
+    points = np.array([0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8])
+    vals = distfn.ppf(points, *args)
+    vals = vals[np.isfinite(vals)]
+    pdf = distfn.pdf(vals, *args)
+    logpdf = distfn.logpdf(vals, *args)
+    pdf = pdf[(pdf != 0) & np.isfinite(pdf)]
+    logpdf = logpdf[np.isfinite(logpdf)]
+    msg += " - logpdf-log(pdf) relationship"
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(np.log(pdf), logpdf, decimal=7, err_msg=msg)
+
+
+def check_pdf_logpdf_at_endpoints(distfn, args, msg):
+    # compares pdf with the log of the pdf at the (finite) end points
+    points = np.array([0, 1])
+    vals = distfn.ppf(points, *args)
+    vals = vals[np.isfinite(vals)]
+    pdf = distfn.pdf(vals, *args)
+    logpdf = distfn.logpdf(vals, *args)
+    pdf = pdf[(pdf != 0) & np.isfinite(pdf)]
+    logpdf = logpdf[np.isfinite(logpdf)]
+    msg += " - logpdf-log(pdf) relationship"
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(np.log(pdf), logpdf, decimal=7, err_msg=msg)
+
+
+def check_sf_logsf(distfn, args, msg):
+    # compares sf at several points with the log of the sf
+    points = np.array([0.0, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0])
+    vals = distfn.ppf(points, *args)
+    vals = vals[np.isfinite(vals)]
+    sf = distfn.sf(vals, *args)
+    logsf = distfn.logsf(vals, *args)
+    sf = sf[sf != 0]
+    logsf = logsf[np.isfinite(logsf)]
+    msg += " - logsf-log(sf) relationship"
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(np.log(sf), logsf, decimal=7, err_msg=msg)
+
+
+def check_cdf_logcdf(distfn, args, msg):
+    # compares cdf at several points with the log of the cdf
+    points = np.array([0, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0])
+    vals = distfn.ppf(points, *args)
+    vals = vals[np.isfinite(vals)]
+    cdf = distfn.cdf(vals, *args)
+    logcdf = distfn.logcdf(vals, *args)
+    cdf = cdf[cdf != 0]
+    logcdf = logcdf[np.isfinite(logcdf)]
+    msg += " - logcdf-log(cdf) relationship"
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(np.log(cdf), logcdf, decimal=7, err_msg=msg)
+
+
+def check_ppf_broadcast(distfn, arg, msg):
+    # compares ppf for multiple argsets.
+    num_repeats = 5
+    args = [] * num_repeats
+    if arg:
+        args = [np.array([_] * num_repeats) for _ in arg]
+
+    median = distfn.ppf(0.5, *arg)
+    medians = distfn.ppf(0.5, *args)
+    msg += " - ppf multiple"
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(medians, [median] * num_repeats, decimal=7, err_msg=msg)
+
+
+def check_distribution_rvs(dist, args, alpha, rvs):
+    # dist is either a cdf function or name of a distribution in scipy.stats.
+    # args are the args for scipy.stats.dist(*args)
+    # alpha is a significance level, ~0.01
+    # rvs is array_like of random variables
+    # test from scipy.stats.tests
+    # this version reuses existing random variables
+    D, pval = stats.kstest(rvs, dist, args=args, N=1000)
+    if (pval < alpha):
+        # The rvs passed in failed the K-S test, which _could_ happen
+        # but is unlikely if alpha is small enough.
+        # Repeat the test with a new sample of rvs.
+        # Generate 1000 rvs, perform a K-S test that the new sample of rvs
+        # are distributed according to the distribution.
+        D, pval = stats.kstest(dist, dist, args=args, N=1000)
+        npt.assert_(pval > alpha, "D = " + str(D) + "; pval = " + str(pval) +
+                    "; alpha = " + str(alpha) + "\nargs = " + str(args))
+
+
+def check_vecentropy(distfn, args):
+    npt.assert_equal(distfn.vecentropy(*args), distfn._entropy(*args))
+
+
+def check_loc_scale(distfn, arg, m, v, msg):
+    # Make `loc` and `scale` arrays to catch bugs like gh-13580 where
+    # `loc` and `scale` arrays improperly broadcast with shapes.
+    loc, scale = np.array([10.0, 20.0]), np.array([10.0, 20.0])
+    mt, vt = distfn.stats(*arg, loc=loc, scale=scale)
+    npt.assert_allclose(m*scale + loc, mt)
+    npt.assert_allclose(v*scale*scale, vt)
+
+
+def check_ppf_private(distfn, arg, msg):
+    # fails by design for truncnorm self.nb not defined
+    ppfs = distfn._ppf(np.array([0.1, 0.5, 0.9]), *arg)
+    npt.assert_(not np.any(np.isnan(ppfs)), msg + 'ppf private is nan')
+
+
+def check_retrieving_support(distfn, args):
+    loc, scale = 1, 2
+    supp = distfn.support(*args)
+    supp_loc_scale = distfn.support(*args, loc=loc, scale=scale)
+    npt.assert_almost_equal(np.array(supp)*scale + loc,
+                            np.array(supp_loc_scale))
+
+
+def check_fit_args(distfn, arg, rvs, method):
+    with np.errstate(all='ignore'), npt.suppress_warnings() as sup:
+        sup.filter(category=RuntimeWarning,
+                   message="The shape parameter of the erlang")
+        sup.filter(category=RuntimeWarning,
+                   message="floating point number truncated")
+        vals = distfn.fit(rvs, method=method)
+        vals2 = distfn.fit(rvs, optimizer='powell', method=method)
+    # Only check the length of the return; accuracy tested in test_fit.py
+    npt.assert_(len(vals) == 2+len(arg))
+    npt.assert_(len(vals2) == 2+len(arg))
+
+
+def check_fit_args_fix(distfn, arg, rvs, method):
+    with np.errstate(all='ignore'), npt.suppress_warnings() as sup:
+        sup.filter(category=RuntimeWarning,
+                   message="The shape parameter of the erlang")
+
+        vals = distfn.fit(rvs, floc=0, method=method)
+        vals2 = distfn.fit(rvs, fscale=1, method=method)
+        npt.assert_(len(vals) == 2+len(arg))
+        npt.assert_(vals[-2] == 0)
+        npt.assert_(vals2[-1] == 1)
+        npt.assert_(len(vals2) == 2+len(arg))
+        if len(arg) > 0:
+            vals3 = distfn.fit(rvs, f0=arg[0], method=method)
+            npt.assert_(len(vals3) == 2+len(arg))
+            npt.assert_(vals3[0] == arg[0])
+        if len(arg) > 1:
+            vals4 = distfn.fit(rvs, f1=arg[1], method=method)
+            npt.assert_(len(vals4) == 2+len(arg))
+            npt.assert_(vals4[1] == arg[1])
+        if len(arg) > 2:
+            vals5 = distfn.fit(rvs, f2=arg[2], method=method)
+            npt.assert_(len(vals5) == 2+len(arg))
+            npt.assert_(vals5[2] == arg[2])
+
+
+def cases_test_methods_with_lists():
+    for distname, arg in distcont:
+        if distname in slow_with_lists:
+            yield pytest.param(distname, arg, marks=pytest.mark.slow)
+        else:
+            yield distname, arg
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('method', ['pdf', 'logpdf', 'cdf', 'logcdf',
+                                    'sf', 'logsf', 'ppf', 'isf'])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('distname, args', cases_test_methods_with_lists())
+def test_methods_with_lists(method, distname, args):
+    # Test that the continuous distributions can accept Python lists
+    # as arguments.
+    dist = getattr(stats, distname)
+    f = getattr(dist, method)
+    if distname == 'invweibull' and method.startswith('log'):
+        x = [1.5, 2]
+    else:
+        x = [0.1, 0.2]
+
+    shape2 = [[a]*2 for a in args]
+    loc = [0, 0.1]
+    scale = [1, 1.01]
+    result = f(x, *shape2, loc=loc, scale=scale)
+    npt.assert_allclose(result,
+                        [f(*v) for v in zip(x, *shape2, loc, scale)],
+                        rtol=1e-14, atol=5e-14)
+
+
+def test_burr_fisk_moment_gh13234_regression():
+    vals0 = stats.burr.moment(1, 5, 4)
+    assert isinstance(vals0, float)
+
+    vals1 = stats.fisk.moment(1, 8)
+    assert isinstance(vals1, float)
+
+
+def test_moments_with_array_gh12192_regression():
+    # array loc and scalar scale
+    vals0 = stats.norm.moment(order=1, loc=np.array([1, 2, 3]), scale=1)
+    expected0 = np.array([1., 2., 3.])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals0, expected0)
+
+    # array loc and invalid scalar scale
+    vals1 = stats.norm.moment(order=1, loc=np.array([1, 2, 3]), scale=-1)
+    expected1 = np.array([np.nan, np.nan, np.nan])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals1, expected1)
+
+    # array loc and array scale with invalid entries
+    vals2 = stats.norm.moment(order=1, loc=np.array([1, 2, 3]),
+                              scale=[-3, 1, 0])
+    expected2 = np.array([np.nan, 2., np.nan])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals2, expected2)
+
+    # (loc == 0) & (scale < 0)
+    vals3 = stats.norm.moment(order=2, loc=0, scale=-4)
+    expected3 = np.nan
+    npt.assert_equal(vals3, expected3)
+    assert isinstance(vals3, expected3.__class__)
+
+    # array loc with 0 entries and scale with invalid entries
+    vals4 = stats.norm.moment(order=2, loc=[1, 0, 2], scale=[3, -4, -5])
+    expected4 = np.array([10., np.nan, np.nan])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals4, expected4)
+
+    # all(loc == 0) & (array scale with invalid entries)
+    vals5 = stats.norm.moment(order=2, loc=[0, 0, 0], scale=[5., -2, 100.])
+    expected5 = np.array([25., np.nan, 10000.])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals5, expected5)
+
+    # all( (loc == 0) & (scale < 0) )
+    vals6 = stats.norm.moment(order=2, loc=[0, 0, 0], scale=[-5., -2, -100.])
+    expected6 = np.array([np.nan, np.nan, np.nan])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals6, expected6)
+
+    # scalar args, loc, and scale
+    vals7 = stats.chi.moment(order=2, df=1, loc=0, scale=0)
+    expected7 = np.nan
+    npt.assert_equal(vals7, expected7)
+    assert isinstance(vals7, expected7.__class__)
+
+    # array args, scalar loc, and scalar scale
+    vals8 = stats.chi.moment(order=2, df=[1, 2, 3], loc=0, scale=0)
+    expected8 = np.array([np.nan, np.nan, np.nan])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals8, expected8)
+
+    # array args, array loc, and array scale
+    vals9 = stats.chi.moment(order=2, df=[1, 2, 3], loc=[1., 0., 2.],
+                             scale=[1., -3., 0.])
+    expected9 = np.array([3.59576912, np.nan, np.nan])
+    npt.assert_allclose(vals9, expected9, rtol=1e-8)
+
+    # (n > 4), all(loc != 0), and all(scale != 0)
+    vals10 = stats.norm.moment(5, [1., 2.], [1., 2.])
+    expected10 = np.array([26., 832.])
+    npt.assert_allclose(vals10, expected10, rtol=1e-13)
+
+    # test broadcasting and more
+    a = [-1.1, 0, 1, 2.2, np.pi]
+    b = [-1.1, 0, 1, 2.2, np.pi]
+    loc = [-1.1, 0, np.sqrt(2)]
+    scale = [-2.1, 0, 1, 2.2, np.pi]
+
+    a = np.array(a).reshape((-1, 1, 1, 1))
+    b = np.array(b).reshape((-1, 1, 1))
+    loc = np.array(loc).reshape((-1, 1))
+    scale = np.array(scale)
+
+    vals11 = stats.beta.moment(order=2, a=a, b=b, loc=loc, scale=scale)
+
+    a, b, loc, scale = np.broadcast_arrays(a, b, loc, scale)
+
+    for i in np.ndenumerate(a):
+        with np.errstate(invalid='ignore', divide='ignore'):
+            i = i[0]  # just get the index
+            # check against same function with scalar input
+            expected = stats.beta.moment(order=2, a=a[i], b=b[i],
+                                         loc=loc[i], scale=scale[i])
+            np.testing.assert_equal(vals11[i], expected)
+
+
+def test_broadcasting_in_moments_gh12192_regression():
+    vals0 = stats.norm.moment(order=1, loc=np.array([1, 2, 3]), scale=[[1]])
+    expected0 = np.array([[1., 2., 3.]])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals0, expected0)
+    assert vals0.shape == expected0.shape
+
+    vals1 = stats.norm.moment(order=1, loc=np.array([[1], [2], [3]]),
+                              scale=[1, 2, 3])
+    expected1 = np.array([[1., 1., 1.], [2., 2., 2.], [3., 3., 3.]])
+    npt.assert_equal(vals1, expected1)
+    assert vals1.shape == expected1.shape
+
+    vals2 = stats.chi.moment(order=1, df=[1., 2., 3.], loc=0., scale=1.)
+    expected2 = np.array([0.79788456, 1.25331414, 1.59576912])
+    npt.assert_allclose(vals2, expected2, rtol=1e-8)
+    assert vals2.shape == expected2.shape
+
+    vals3 = stats.chi.moment(order=1, df=[[1.], [2.], [3.]], loc=[0., 1., 2.],
+                             scale=[-1., 0., 3.])
+    expected3 = np.array([[np.nan, np.nan, 4.39365368],
+                          [np.nan, np.nan, 5.75994241],
+                          [np.nan, np.nan, 6.78730736]])
+    npt.assert_allclose(vals3, expected3, rtol=1e-8)
+    assert vals3.shape == expected3.shape
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_kappa3_array_gh13582():
+    # https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/15140#issuecomment-994958241
+    shapes = [0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5]
+    moments = 'mvsk'
+    res = np.array([[stats.kappa3.stats(shape, moments=moment)
+                   for shape in shapes] for moment in moments])
+    res2 = np.array(stats.kappa3.stats(shapes, moments=moments))
+    npt.assert_allclose(res, res2)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xslow
+def test_kappa4_array_gh13582():
+    h = np.array([-0.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, -3])
+    k = np.array([-0.5, 1, -1.5, 0, 3.5])
+    moments = 'mvsk'
+    res = np.array([[stats.kappa4.stats(h[i], k[i], moments=moment)
+                   for i in range(5)] for moment in moments])
+    res2 = np.array(stats.kappa4.stats(h, k, moments=moments))
+    npt.assert_allclose(res, res2)
+
+    # https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/15250#discussion_r775112913
+    h = np.array([-1, -1/4, -1/4, 1, -1, 0])
+    k = np.array([1, 1, 1/2, -1/3, -1, 0])
+    res = np.array([[stats.kappa4.stats(h[i], k[i], moments=moment)
+                   for i in range(6)] for moment in moments])
+    res2 = np.array(stats.kappa4.stats(h, k, moments=moments))
+    npt.assert_allclose(res, res2)
+
+    # https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/15250#discussion_r775115021
+    h = np.array([-1, -0.5, 1])
+    k = np.array([-1, -0.5, 0, 1])[:, None]
+    res2 = np.array(stats.kappa4.stats(h, k, moments=moments))
+    assert res2.shape == (4, 4, 3)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parallel_threads(1)
+def test_frozen_attributes():
+    # gh-14827 reported that all frozen distributions had both pmf and pdf
+    # attributes; continuous should have pdf and discrete should have pmf.
+    message = "'rv_continuous_frozen' object has no attribute"
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match=message):
+        stats.norm().pmf
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match=message):
+        stats.norm().logpmf
+    stats.norm.pmf = "herring"
+    frozen_norm = stats.norm()
+    assert isinstance(frozen_norm, rv_continuous_frozen)
+    delattr(stats.norm, 'pmf')
+
+
+def test_skewnorm_pdf_gh16038():
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(0)
+    x, a = -np.inf, 0
+    npt.assert_equal(stats.skewnorm.pdf(x, a), stats.norm.pdf(x))
+    x, a = rng.random(size=(3, 3)), rng.random(size=(3, 3))
+    mask = rng.random(size=(3, 3)) < 0.5
+    a[mask] = 0
+    x_norm = x[mask]
+    res = stats.skewnorm.pdf(x, a)
+    npt.assert_equal(res[mask], stats.norm.pdf(x_norm))
+    npt.assert_equal(res[~mask], stats.skewnorm.pdf(x[~mask], a[~mask]))
+
+
+# for scalar input, these functions should return scalar output
+scalar_out = [['rvs', []], ['pdf', [0]], ['logpdf', [0]], ['cdf', [0]],
+              ['logcdf', [0]], ['sf', [0]], ['logsf', [0]], ['ppf', [0]],
+              ['isf', [0]], ['moment', [1]], ['entropy', []], ['expect', []],
+              ['median', []], ['mean', []], ['std', []], ['var', []]]
+scalars_out = [['interval', [0.95]], ['support', []], ['stats', ['mv']]]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('case', scalar_out + scalars_out)
+def test_scalar_for_scalar(case):
+    # Some rv_continuous functions returned 0d array instead of NumPy scalar
+    # Guard against regression
+    method_name, args = case
+    method = getattr(stats.norm(), method_name)
+    res = method(*args)
+    if case in scalar_out:
+        assert isinstance(res, np.number)
+    else:
+        assert isinstance(res[0], np.number)
+        assert isinstance(res[1], np.number)
+
+
+def test_scalar_for_scalar2():
+    # test methods that are not attributes of frozen distributions
+    res = stats.norm.fit([1, 2, 3])
+    assert isinstance(res[0], np.number)
+    assert isinstance(res[1], np.number)
+    res = stats.norm.fit_loc_scale([1, 2, 3])
+    assert isinstance(res[0], np.number)
+    assert isinstance(res[1], np.number)
+    res = stats.norm.nnlf((0, 1), [1, 2, 3])
+    assert isinstance(res, np.number)